I also have been held up by a peacock on more than one occasion. Here in Kansas a lot of farmers use them much like guard dogs. They will make as much noise, but they won't eat the chickens.

Cattle on more than one occasion.

The most un-nerving though was a bull bison in Roosevelt NWA in North Dakota. It was in a rest area that I was trying to access in a Freightliner tractor trailer.

I thought I should have the right of way as I was much larger, and he seemed to think I didn't look that big to him.

I was 13.5 feet tall, 8.5 feet wide, and 75 feet long, but he was not impressed.

It took about 10 minutes of discussion before he finally wandered off the road.

I'm not sure exactly what he was saying during the discussion as I don't speak bison, but bison does sound a lot like drunk biker, so I think I was getting the general idea. ;)

BHSC